I picked up my new LTC at the local county government service center yesterday, after getting a call the day before it was ready. Time from application to issue was less than a week. The new cards are much much nicer than the old pieces of paper, and definitely nicer than the laminated almost-but-not-quite credit card sized pieces of paper that Chester County issued to me five years ago. The new card Bucks County is issuing even has security features and a magnetic strip on the back.